Jan. 28, 2013
Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-023
NASA, NEWSEUM PRESENT MEDIA PREVIEW OF PBS' EARTH FROM SPACE
WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Newseum will host a preview for news media
of the upcoming NOVA special, "Earth from Space," at noon EST Monday,
Feb. 4, at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington.
"Earth from Space" is scheduled to air nationwide at 9 p.m. EST Feb.
13 on Public Broadcasting Service television stations. The two-hour
special explores how satellites are transforming our view of Earth
and features interviews with scientists and new visualizations of our
complex planet. The centerpiece of the program is an animation of the
globe composed of 23 layers of satellite-based data and more than
125,000 images from space.
A question-and-answer session with scientists appearing in "Earth from
Space" will follow the screening of the 20-minute preview. The
panelists are:
-- Paula Apsell, senior executive producer, NOVA, and director of the
WGBH science unit, Boston
-- Piers Sellers, deputy director, Sciences and Exploration
Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- Waleed Abdalati, director, Earth Science and Observation Center,
University of Colorado, Boulder
-- Jeff Halverson, associate professor, University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
To attend, news media representatives must register in advance no
later than Friday, Feb. 1, with Steve Cole by telephone at
202-358-0918 or by email at stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov.
NOVA is produced by WGBH. For more information on "Earth from Space,"
visit:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/earth-from-space.html
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